Shloka 23
Devanagari script
मन्दपाल उवाच त्वमग्ने सर्वलोकानां मुखं त्वमसि हव्यवाट्,मन्दपालने कहा--अग्निदेव! आप सब लोकोंके मुख हैं, आप ही देवताओंको हविष्य पहुँचाते हैं
Transliteration
Mandapāla uvāca: tvam agne sarvalokānāṁ mukhaṁ tvam asi havyavāṭ.
Translation
मन्दपाल ने कहा—“हे अग्निदेव! आप समस्त लोकों के मुख हैं; आप ही हव्यवाह हैं, जिनके द्वारा आहुति देवताओं तक पहुँचती है।”
Word by Word
मन्दपालःMandapala
मन्दपालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमन्दपाल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
अग्नेO Agni
अग्ने:
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सर्वलोकानाम्of all worlds
सर्वलोकानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वलोक
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मुखम्mouth; face
मुखम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमुख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
असिare
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Second, Singular
हव्यवाट्carrier of oblations (Agni)
हव्यवाट्:
TypeNoun
Rootहव्यवाट्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
मन्दपाल उवाच
Characters & Entities
म
मन्दपाल (Mandapāla)अ
अग्नि (Agni)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Agni is praised as the universal mediator of sacrifice: offerings gain sacred efficacy because Fire functions as the ‘mouth’ that receives and transmits them to the gods, linking human duty (yajña) with cosmic order.
Mandapāla addresses Agni directly in a reverential invocation, establishing Agni’s authority and role before making a plea or request, grounding the appeal in Agni’s sacrificial and cosmic function.